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Finally got around to this one (which says a lot itself I guess) and pretty much loved it. Okay it stretched credibility at times but was entertaining enough to let that just float past. Clara wasn't anywhere near as annoying as she was last series and as Greg said I had dread fears of some tears of a Dalek saving the day but in the end far from it.

Matt Smith was a superb Doctor served by tosh often, could Pete Capaldi be a superb Doctor served with delights... could be... but that trailer doesn't fill me with hope. We'll see how we go.

Where were we? Where are we now...Arh in much the same position. We're in one of those cruise patterns when the Prog has a solid set of stories and week on week there's not much to say. Its all pretty good. Not astonishing but pretty good. A few ebbs and flows. Aquila is on the rise as Jaegir is on a dip. Dredd kicked in again enjoyed this a lot and Black Shuck looked superb and is really coming together well.

Kurt Vonnegut is back in Brass Sun and so this great episode of the series gets my nod for Thrill of the Week.

Grant - you've come back to us... now don't darken our door until you've started to Thrillpower my Thursdays again...

...oh yeah Interludes = good.

You still have Season 3 to watch for the first time.
How I envy you.

Yeah I'm quite excited about it. My guess is and this is just speculation so please don't confirm or deny anything - we're in for a clash between Omar and Stringer, depending on where he's at Barksdale might get in the mix too.

Finished The Wire Season 2 and it is as good as people say. Absolutely loving the series. Glad they've sorted the whole 'Getting the band back together' thing boxed off as that was just about the only downside to this season. Brilliant stuff, even if the cop element is increasingly a sideshow.

That was a surprise, who knew there were enough nerds in Sheffield to fill The Arena. Is Dirk Benedict such a draw that people traveled far and wind to see him? Alas it would defo seem not so for Sylvester McCoy who I saw looking slightly dejected at his table. About £15 to get him to scribble his name on a bit of paper (glossy or otherwise) was pushing it a little too far.

Anyway it was a pleasant enough way to spend a few hours today. An astonishing array of shiny and cute tat which a few years ago would have turned my head with delight. Lots of comics to be had, but I was strong - almost regret not getting the whole of Ex-machina for £60 but I think I'll stick with the new trade collections and all of toxic for £40 would that have been a good deal?

Had nice chat wags with Paul Grist (who did me a lovely Mudman sketch) and Al Ewing who told me of Dredd to come and  Zombo for the future (maybe next year). Alas Dave Taylor was a no show... or at least I didn't see him.

If this comes back next year I'll defo take the little un, place was full of um having what looked like a lovely time.

Anyone going tomorrow? I'm popping along mainly to pester the hell out of Paul Grist to get more Mudman out.

If anyone is playing out (doubt it but no harm asking huh!) just post here if you fancy a chat?

I don't do action figures but that is so crazy good I might make an exception, especially around the £20 mark.

Bloody lovely.

Premier announced! IN LESS THAN A MONTH

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Well okay so I won't make it to Texas, but its a comin' Very excited.

As with many people the heaven he's found might not be the heaven he was looking for?

Beautiful,

Do we know who has all that original art work? It never comes up and I heard it was in the mitts of one person?

Yes... but...

... in saying yes I'd judging (no pun intended) him by today's standards. In the context of today's world that would be an appalling, terrible thing to do and whomever did it would rightly be hunted to the ends of the Earth. Answers like 'It was war!' avoid the fact that in war while civilians are often, terribly killed they should not be the targets and in this case billions of them were. Oh sure they could be said to be collateral damage and the target was the East Meg government and military infrastructure but to get to that by killing billions isn't justifiable.

However Dredd doesn't live in our time and lives in a harder more brutal world. A world already devastated by war. It akin to saying say the acts of Roman Empires were evil and horrible. They were by today's standards but it difficult to judge people by todays standards who don't actually live by today's standards.

So the answer. Yes it was wrong, so clearly very very wrong, but then who am I to judge.

I think I forgot to say this is bloody great. So

This is bloody great. If you haven't bought it you are a fool of a foolish fool and should stop your tomfoolery.

Thanks to MaryandDavid for this continuing sterling working keeping these brilliant stories out there.

It feels like the end of an era.

Well okay I'll go with my bit of wild speculation, which is almost certainly wrong, but that's never stopped me before. I go with Heaven being a part of The Doctors sub-conscious, a place that fosters his guilt and self recrimination. I'll co-opt CFM's theory, cos I like it and its better than mine, that the Master is in there in the form of Missy collecting all the victims of the Doctor's time and allowing them to get their revenge by tormenting the Doctor. Hence its heaven to them.